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    Quote Originally Posted by MurakumoMillennium View Post
    Crafters can't make money because other crafters smash prices into the ground as fast as they possibly can.

    Take the new Tidal Barding for example. Day 1 they were 3m here (and selling). Some people undercut by like 10k or so, which is fine for an item that expensive. Some other people though wanted to undercut by 500k+, so day 2 they were 1.5 million. Some would undercut by 1k (again, fair compared to the actual price), but those other people undercut by 500k+ again. Day 3? They're under 250k now, and not even worth making anymore.

    The price literally went from 3m to 250k in 3 @#$%ing days because of like 1-2 people. That is the true reason why crafters can't make any money in the game.
    There's a very limited supply of people who would pay 3 million for that. If they were worth 3 million then those cheap ones would have sold quickly and people would be forced to buy the more expensive ones listed. Supply and demand.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Xenor View Post
    There's a very limited supply of people who would pay 3 million for that. If they were worth 3 million then those cheap ones would have sold quickly and people would be forced to buy the more expensive ones listed. Supply and demand.
    The ones listed in the millions sold very fast, so there was really no reason to undercut down to ~200k in a couple days. They would have kept selling, if people didn't feel the need to undercut by 500k+ at a time.

    For what it's worth, next time you can just say "I don't understand economics" and we can all move on.
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